Leading Tuesday's states brief, a Kentucky circuit judge issued two stays of execution today to allow two prisoners to continue their challenge to the state's use of lethal injection as a form of execution. Last week, the same judge...

Racial and Religious Hatred Bill, passed by the UK House of Commons on July 11, 2005 likely to stir up racial or religious hatred,"...

Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, American Express has settled a lawsuit with New Hampshire and residents of the state. The state said it sued after learning the company had pressured agents in New Hampshire to...

Italian Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu presented new anti-terror measures in Italy's parliament Tuesday amid increased fears of attacks in Italy in the wake of Thursday's bombings in London . The measures, including provisions allowing police to...

US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter , co-sponsor with Senator Patrick Leahy of a bill to end asbestos injury lawsuits and pay the claims from a private fund instead, said Tuesday he was still urging...

Lawyers for former star investment banker Frank Quattrone asked an appeals court Tuesday to throw out his conviction due to confusing jury instructions given at his trial. Quattrone, sentenced to 18 months in prison , was...

Leading Tuesday's international brief, the Joint Electoral Management Body in Afghanistan released the final list of approved candidates on Tuesday for the upcoming national parliamentary elections currently scheduled for September 18 . Under...

King Mswati III of Swaziland has officially refused to sign the final draft of the country's proposed constitution , which passed through both the House of Assembly and Senate of Swaziland in June [JURIST...

Judge Barbara Jones , in a ruling made public Tuesday, has denied a petition by former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers for a new trial, opening the way for him to be sentenced as...

European antitrust investigators raided Intel Corp. offices in Britain, Germany, Spain and Italy Tuesday as part of an ongoing probe of the chipmaker European affairs by the European Commission, which over the last four years has been...